Published by UnHerd (18th March, 2020) Perhaps it has something to do with a job that takes me to hotspots around the world but I am a sucker […]
Europe / Greece / Immigration / Policy / Turkey / World
Ankara plays pass the asylum-seeker
Published by The i paper (9th March 2020) The scenes of squalor and stories of despair had a sordid sense of familiarity. On Friday night I stood at […]
Europe / Greece / Immigration / Policy / Turkey / World
Greek police beat us, stole our money, phones, even our shoes. Then they dumped us back in Turkey
Published by The Mail on Sunday (8th March, 2020) Having fled one of Syria’s many bloodstained battlegrounds, Muhammad spent years struggling as a refugee in southern Turkey. Last week, […]
United States / World
Where the American dream goes to die
Published by UnHerd (2nd March, 2020) For a few years at the start of this century, Juan Nevarez tasted the American dream. Having moved a few miles across […]
China / World
A monstrous crime against humanity
Published by The Mail on Sunday (1st March, 2020) China has slaughtered thousands of its citizens to harvest organs such as hearts, lungs, kidneys, eyes and even skin […]
China / Covid19 / World
How coronavirus exposes the Chinese state
Published by The i paper (10th February, 2020) Among those attending the global elite’s annual get together in Davos last month was a Singaporean professor and former president of […]
United States / World
An English lesson for the Democrats
Published by The i paper (3rd February, 2020) Rashida Tlaib is one of ‘The Squad’, a quartet of first-term, female Democrats in the House of Representatives that has […]
Drugs / Policy / United States / World
A progressive cesspit
Published by The Mail on Sunday (2nd February, 2020) Gilles Desaulniers moved to San Francisco 40 years ago, settling in the ‘friendly, quaint and affordable’ city after running […]
China / Taiwan / World
A victory for democracy in Taiwan
Published by The i paper (13th January, 2020) While the world has been transfixed by explosive events in Iran, an eruption has taken place in a small island […]
China / India / World
Muslims are under siege around the world
Published by The i paper (30th December, 2019) Boris Johnson focused on persecution in his first Christmas message as prime minister, pointing out that for many people around the […]
Drugs / Health / Policy / United States / World
2017: when the US woke up to deaths from despair
Published by UnHerd (26th December, 2019) In the summer of 2017, I found myself in Dayton, Ohio. This friendly and rather nondescript city is famed worldwide as home […]